Thamnidium penicilliforme (Kjellman) Kjellman 1880
Publication Details
Thamnidium penicilliforme (Kjellman) Kjellman 1880: 7
Published in: Kjellman, F.R. (1880). Rhodospermeae O. Fucoideae. Points-förteckning öfrer Skandinoviens Växter 4: 2-12.
Type Species
A type species for this genus does not appear to have been designated.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (Kjellman) G.W.Saunders & McLachlan.
Source of Synonymy
Saunders, G.W. & McLachlan, J.L. (1991). Morphology and reproduction of Meiodiscus spetsbergensis (Kjellman) gen. et comb. nov., a new genus of Rhodophysemataceae (Rhodophyta). Phycologia 30: 272-286.
Basionym
Thamnidium mesocarpum f. penicilliforme Kjellman
Type Information
Type locality: Spitsbergen (in Chaetomorpha melagonium);
Origin of Species Name
Adjective (Latin), shaped like a pencil or an artist’s camel-hair brush (Stearn 1983).
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 20 May 2000 by Fabio Rindi.
Last updated: 03 April 2017
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 03 April 2017. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 22 November 2024
